Combined mop and wringer.



R. A. RODGERS.

COMBINED MOP AND WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-19. 1914.

Patented June 8, 1915.

WITNESSES ATTORN EY we snares FATE curios.

RoY A. RODGERS, or SENECA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR or ONE-THIRD-TO JACOB n. HARRISON, or FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA.

comnmnn MOP AND WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 19, 1914. .Serial No..862,591.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROY A. Ronenns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seneca, in the county of Nemaha and State of Kansas, have invented a new'and useful Combined Mop and WVringer, of which the following is a specification.

This' invention has reference to a combined mop and wringer, and its object is to provide means whereby surplus water may be squeezed out of the mop by the simple expedient of pulling the mop between rollers under constant tension.

In accordance with the present invention there is provided a mop head in which two rollers are mounted, one being under a constant spring tension tending to hold it in engagement with the other roller, :but the roller under spring tension is movable away from the other roller'topermit the insertion of the mop which is provided atthe ends-with clip members readily applied to and removed from the handle of the mop. In this way the mop may be drawn in either direction between the rollers,'but at no time is it drawn completely through the mop head and that roller-which is the more distant from the handle is in position ,to bear against the mop cloth when the latter isinuse. J

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in-connection with the accompanying drawings forming apart. of this specification, with thefurther understanding that while the drawings show a practical form of the invention, the latter is not confined to any "strict conformity with the showing of the drawings,-but maybe changed and modified -so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from the salient-features of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the moo head with the mop in; place, some parts being broken away and in section. Fig. 2 is a view similar to that of Fig. 1 but with the mop cloth removed, and also showing some parts broken away and in section. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the structure of Fig. 1 with some parts in section. Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof. one of the arms maklng up the frame of the mop head; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of "a spring member. Fig. 6 is a perspectiveview of a connecting link.

of wood. Fast to and projecting in opposltedirections from opposite sides of one end of the'handle l are angle arms 2, each having at one end a short angle extension 3 fitted against'the corresponding side of the handle land there held by a screw 4, or in Patented June 8, 1915.

anyv cther appropriate manner. Each arm 2 is of suflicient length to ofi'set an" appropriate distancefrom the handle Land at the outer end has another angle extension 3 substantially parallel with but oppositely 1 directed with respect to the'extension 3.

The extension 3 isprovided near the arm 2 with a perforation or passage 5;. and at the extremity with an enteringslot 6 lengthwise of the extension 3. v I

Mounted in the-perforations 5 are the'pin- -tles 7 of a roller 8, the latter being of sufficient length toreach from one extension 3. to the other.

Mounted in the entering-slots 6 are bearing members or pintles 9 at opposite-ends of anotherroller .10. Thepintles 9 are shown as in the form of suitably headed screws,

but other devices-than screws .may be employed for the purpose. There are also provided leaf springsll with oppositely directed angle extensions 12 and 13, respectively,

at opposite-ends. The extension 12ofeach spring 11:is secured against the extension 3 of a corresponding arm 2 .and-a-screw 14 extending through suitable perforations. lin

the ,extensions 12 and t 3 serves tohold the sprmg 11 to the handle :1 and also constitutes an additional means for securing the arm 2 thereto. Passed through a. perforation-15 in the extension 13 of the spring 11 is a hook-16 formed on one end of a link 17,

the other end of' which is formed into an eye 18. The link 17 is arranged outside of. the extension-3 -of the corresponding arm 2 and the "eye 18. is engaged by the screw ,9, which latter may be provided with a suit able head serving to hold the eye 18 to the screw. Thefarrangement is such thatthe tendency of .thesprings 11 acting through the links 17 is to hold theroller 10 against the roller 8 with an appropriate force, but. .--a suitable-foreetending to move the roller way 10 away from the roller 8 will cause the springs 11 to yield to permit such movement of the roller 10 and when the force is removedthe springs 11 at once return the roller 10 toward the roller 8. There is also provided a mop cloth 19 which may be of the usual elongated endless web type, and through opposite ends of the mop cloth 19 loops or bails 20, which may be formed of wire, are passed. These loops are of general elongated rectangular form and mid- I of the side of each loop remote from the mop cloth there is formed a short bend 21 with the side approximately par llel. The bend 21 oifstands from the body oi the loop and is long enough to engage under the heads of two closely associated headed screws 22 carried by the handle 1 and spaced apart in the direction of the length of the handle, a pair of screws being on one side of the handle and another pair of screws 'on the opposite side, so that each loop 20 is in general parallel with the axis of rotation of the roller 8. Each loop or bail 'is of a length to reach from the handle to a point opposite the center of the first roller, and as shown in Fig. 3, is given a spring tendency inwardly so as to hold the mop cloth against said roller. The bend 21 may have its sides slightly closer together nearer to the loop 20 than at the yoke end of the bend, so as to be held'by the screws 22 with some little force resistant to removal.

One side or run of the mop 19 is passed between the rollers 8 and 10. Suppose now that the mop cloth 19 is dipped into "Water and thereby becomes wet and too wet for squeezing out surplus water and the move ment is continued until arrested by the other loop 20-still fast to the handle. 1-. Theresult is that the greater portion of the mop cloth has been wrung sufliciently dry, whereupon the removed loop 20 is. returned to position and the mop is ready for use. In using the mop, pressure is applied there-' to directly by the roller 10 which is held against rotation during the use of the mop by the frictional engagement of the mop cloth therewith. It will be observed that the working face .of the roller projects beyond the outer end of the arms, so that only the roller comes in contact with the mop cloth. When it is again desired to Wet the -is quite possible to pull the mop cloth .through the squeezing rollers without removing either loop 20, but the loop forms it end into a loop receiving pair of rollers.

Wood or metal may be employed as the materials out of which the rollers are constructed, or they may follow the usual practice in clothes wringers, where a rubber surface is provided.

The structure is one of extreme simplicity and compactness, and may be made of light weight Without sacrifice of strength or advantages. There is nothing in front of the outer roller to take up any of the mop cloth, and, therefore, a greater amount of the cloth may be used than in structures where there is a bar or other device in frontof the outer roller. Again, the front or outer roller is readily removable at any time without disturbing any of the other parts of the structure.

The loops or bails forming the hand holds are held firmly by the bend and the screws against any swinging movement in any direction, while'the mop is in use, and these hand-holds being as wide as the mop causes the cloth to pass evenly between the rollers, for the opposite end is held directly in front of and against the upper roller 8.

The facility with which the outer roller may be removed and when needed the inner roller may be removed are important and distinguishing features of the present invention.

What is claimed is 1. A mop structure comprising a handle, angle arms fast to and,projecting from opposite sides of one end of the handle, said arms being provided at the ends remote from the handle with an entering slot and a perforation spaced from the inner end of said slot, a roller journaled in the perforations, another roller having pintles entering the slots and projecting therefrom, leaf springs fast to the handle and projecting over the angle arms, and links carried at one end by the outer end of a. respective leaf spring, and each formed at the other the pintle at the respective end of the second-named roller, said links being arranged on the outside of and alongside the arms and adapted to hold the said roller with its working face extended beyond the horizontal plane of the outer ends, of said arms, whereby only the roller contacts with the mop cloth.

2. A mop structure comprising a handle, supporting arms carried thereby, a pair of rollers mounted in said arms in superimposed relation, a mop cloth extending between the rollers, wire bails at the opposite ends of themop cloth, each bail comprising a loop having one portion thereof travers-Y ing the respective end of the mop cloth, and the opposite portion formed intermediately 1,142,e: as' i 8 into a short bend with the sides approxi- In testimony, that I claim the foregoing mately parallel, headed fastening means as my own, I have hereto aflixed my slgna- 10 mounted on the handle and adapted to re- ;ture in the presence of two witnesses. ceive the said bend of the bail, each bail beingof a length to reach from the handle I I Q RODGERS to a 'point'o'pposite the first roller and hav- -Witnesses: in}; an inward spring tendency to hold the Bnss LARIMER,

mop cloth against'said roller. H." C. SETTIE. 

